¡Adiós!

[Libertine Seguros]

On a folding bike?

https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/latest-news/heras-crowned-world-champion-65866

 

[RedheadDane]

https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/latest-news/heras-crowned-world-champion-65866

Yes, exactly. That's clearly folding career!

I can't believe none of you - especially Samu - got my joke...

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Yes, exactly. That's clearly folding career!

I can't believe none of you - especially Samu - got my joke...

Well I can believe that you didn't get that I fully understood it, but just didn't think you deserved any acknowledgement.

 

[RedheadDane]

Well I can believe that you didn't get that I fully understood it, but just didn't think you deserved any acknowledgement.

I shall make puns! "Pun" is my middle name.











No it isn't.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

I shall make puns! "Pun" is my middle name.











No it isn't.

Does your middle name (almost) rhyme with pun? Otherwise it isn't a pun.

 

[RedheadDane]

Does your middle name (almost) rhyme with pun? Otherwise it isn't a pun.

Yes.
Given the fact that I like to think I write in pretty much the same style here as I do on FB - with my real life - you probably have a theory about who I am.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Yes.
Given the fact that I like to think I write in pretty much the same style here as I do on FB - with my real life - you probably have a theory about who I am.

You know me, I'm always talking about and posting links to things on FB on here.

 

[tobydawq]

Nice break-through of the top-10 retiring riders, based on accumulated UCI points over their careers.

No prize for guessing who is number 1.

Valverde!

I want a prize.

 

[tobydawq]

There's certainly one missing.

Has it ever happened that 4 cycling legends like Valverde, Gilbert, Nibali & Rebellin retired in the same season?

Nothing against Porte and Dumoulin, but clearly those 4 are another caliber.

Rebellin another caliber than Dumoulin? Hmmm... He did only win one monument.

 

[RedheadDane]

Valverde!

I want a prize.

Can't you read? You are not getting a prize.

 

[Netserk]

Rebellin another caliber than Dumoulin? Hmmm... He did only win one monument.

Hehe, I take it that you agree with big wins being the measure of a great palmares then.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Can't you read? You are not getting a prize.

I can read. Does that mean I'm getting a prize?
If so, can I get it in beige, please?

 

[RedheadDane]

I can read. Does that mean I'm getting a prize?
If so, can I get it in beige?

Nobody is getting any prizes!

 

[tobydawq]

Hehe, I take it that you agree with big wins being the measure of a great palmares then.

Well, I also think Rebellin probably gets the nod but Dumoulin also has two second places in Grand Tours.

But yeah, probably it would not really go with my normal assessment if I picked Dumoulin's career over Rebellin's. There would probably also be a little bit of a sympathy thing behind that pick if I went through with it.

 

[tobydawq]

I can read. Does that mean I'm getting a prize?
If so, can I get it in beige, please?

I'll steal it, I know which city you live in!

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Nobody is getting any prizes!

Remco will be sad when he finds out!

I'll steal it, I know which city you live in!

If it's a folding bike, I will have to get it insured then.

 

[RedheadDane]

Remco will be sad when he finds out!

Remco is not trying to get a prize despite me clearly stating that there will be no prize for guessing something my mother could probably have guessed.

 

[Carrick-On-Seine]

Niki Terpstra. RVV and Roubaix = decent palmares. Plus 4 time world champion

Niki Terpstra (38) hangt fiets aan de wilgen: "Het was een fantastische reis"

Niki Terpstra (38) zet op het einde van het seizoen een punt achter zijn profcarrière. De Nederlander heeft onder meer de Ronde van Vlaanderen en Parijs-Roubaix op zijn rijkgevulde palmares staan. "Het is tijd om dit ongelofelijke hoofdstuk van mijn carrière af te sluiten", schrijft hij op...

sporza.be

 

[Unchained]

Rumor has it that Terpstra is now a U.S. gravel regular..just a rumor

 

[Põhja Konn]

With so many major names from last decade and a half going at a same time, it really feels like a symbolic curtain call for an entire era of cycling.

 

[tobydawq]

With so many major names from last decade and a half going at a same time, it really feels like a symbolic curtain call for an entire era of cycling.

Yep, it's quite extraordinary.

Four of the top 5 on the alltime CQ Ranking list retire the same year.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Richie Porte says farewell.

'Pretty tired' Richie Porte retires from cycling after glittering career including Tour de France podium finish

The two-time Tour Down Under champion, three-time Paris-Nice winner and Tour de France podium finisher brings down the curtain on a storied cycling career with a Forrest Gump quote.

www.abc.net.au

 

[Koronin]

Nice break-through of the top-10 retiring riders, based on accumulated UCI points over their careers.

No prize for guessing who is number 1.

When they are listing Valverde's major accomplishment I love the "and many more" LOL I guess this filed under we don't have time to list them all. LOL

 

[RedheadDane]

When they are listing Valverde's major accomplishment I love the "and many more" LOL I guess this filed under we don't have time to list them all. LOL

The video would probably have lasted over an hour if they had to list them all.

 

[Bolder]

Guy Niv hangs up the helmet. I think it's cool that new countries are producing competitive cyclists, not that he was a huge WT talent but he finished the TdF a few times.

Guy Niv, the first Israeli to race the Tour de France, retires

Niv finished two editions of the Tour: 'It’s the toughest decision I have ever made, but the flame inside has gone out.'

www.velonews.com